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Thinking

Speaking Chozo

Location, Time, Date, POV switch

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*Y/N POV*

A Silence filled the air as Samus looked up to the sky. She then seemed to realize something and her eyes suddenly widened as she snapped her gaze back at me.

Samus: "So, do you have feathers?" She asked.

I breath in to say the obvious "no" but then I stopped myself and realized, I never really bothered to check. I run a hand through my hair and low and behold they feel more like feathers than hair.

Y/N: "what the hell?" I mutter to myself "How did I never notice?" 

Samus starts laughing, and I just look at her and smile.

Y/N: "Laugh all you want, I don't care." I say to her.

*Timeskip brought to you by chibi Y/N stuffing a pillow with his feathers*

I was helping Old Bird and Gray with getting her her ship prepared, and after a while I pulled her aside because I could tell she was nervous. 

Y/N: "Hey, Samus, don't you'll be fine you've proven you can handle yourself." I say to her

Samus: "It's not that, it's just, the space pirates attacked here before, what if they attack again?" She says looking to the remains of the battlefield, the same one I was found on.

Y/N: "Hey, don't worry about that, I'm here, I won't let those bastards have an millimeter of ground!" I say summoning my armor.

Samus: "Heh, I guess I almost forgot about that." She says with a nervous smile.

Y/N: "While you get to go off and be protector of the galaxy, I'll be the 'Protector of the Chozo', you've got nothing to worry about." I say to her.

Samus looks up to see the fuel tank is completely full. 

Samus: "I guess I've got to get going soon." She said looking at the clock.

Y/N: "Well, just know you'll be welcome on Zebes anytime, and if you could do me a favor please find out what tin is." I say to her dead serious.

Samus: "still hung up on that are you?" She says jokingly.

She got on the ship and took off; I hope the universe has nothing but good in store for her, because if anybody has earned that much it's her. I watch the ship leave the atmosphere and stand there for what feels like an eternity. For once in a long time I feel those old human emotions rise up from their grave, and I feel, empty. Quickly I shrug it off and get ready for the day to day chores for the 'protector of the Chozo'. Pyonchi looks up at me with those beady eyes and all I can do is glance back pick him up, and walk back into the building.

*Timeskip of several months brought to you by Y/N philosophizing on what a warrior is.*

Zebes, Tourian chambers

Me and the rest of the Chozo higher ups were in the chambers. Our fellow chozo comrades who had left Zebes, Platinum Chest, Dryn, and even U-Mos had all come back, and in any other context this would have been a time for jubilation but we weren't here to discuss light matters.

Old Bird: "Comrades who have left Zebes and travelled far to return, thank you for your troubles, It brings me pleasure to see you all again." He said to everyone.

Platinum Chest: "But we have all aged," He said bluntly

Old Bird paused for what felt like an eternity.

Old Bird: "You're right Platinum Chest, We can no longer expand the lifespan of the Chozo, The 'Federation' remains our hope, and we thought that under our guidance they would become of the 'will' to achieve 'peace', but we failed to deliver our message. Right now we must push these old bones of ours and overcome this 'obstacle' , this threat to our peace." He said solemnly.

Platinum Chest: "Old Bird, Then you speak of the space pirates?" He asked

I wish

Old Bird: "No, in truth there is a far greater evil." he said while pulling over a screen.

Platinum Chest: "Huh?" He said looking at the screen confused.

Old Bird: "To prevent unrest we've hidden the truth, but the time has come. First I would like you to look at this." He said turning on the screen to reveal a planet. "SR388, this is an unnamed frontier world that has yet to be examined by the federation." He said pointing to the screen.

On the screen that cursed footage came back up. In meetings I had seen it hundreds of times, but it never got any easier.  Every time I saw it I looked to it hoping it would end differently, but it never does obviously.

Old Bird: "What I am showing you now is a tape from our own investigation. At first, using a bait, we just wanted to observe this silly creature that hops around called the Hornoad." He said as the screen displayed it hopping around.

I completely tuned out what Old Bird was saying and looked to the footage again. It got to the worst part, the bones littered the area picked clean and bleached by the sun. The Hornoad ran into a cave as it was being chased. Further even more bones laid there and finally the camera showed the mystery pursuer. Orange floating blobs of gelatin the things flew straight towards the poor creature and they latched onto it, they seeped through the pores in it's skin and the creature stood their for a couple seconds, absolutely still. It then let out an ear-piercing scream of agony as the orange blobs gruesomely started ripping it's way out. The blood sprayed over the camera and all that was left of the Hornoad was a skeleton picked clean. Enough of it was visible to see that the blob had rearranged itself into a distorted clone of the Hornoad, but the camera was destroyed by the clone destroying it.

I had seen that same video so many times, but still to this day I found myself trying to hold down vomit. The gruesome sight of the Hornoad being ripped apart from the inside, it's entrails being brutally spewed all over the floor was the stuff of nightmares.

Old Bird: "That creature took on the host's memories, appearance, everything, It sucks everything dry." Old Bird said.

Y/N: "It's utterly terrifying." I added.

Old Bird: "Can you not see that if a mimic such as this were to infiltrate a population it could replicate almost indefinitely. With evil taking the form of an ally the galaxy could be overthrown. It is truly the worst kind of creature it has no name, but we call it X" He said sternly.

Platinum Chest: "If such a thing exists, it is best to inform the federation at once!" Platinum chest yelled out

Old Bird: "It is best to not." He said.

The room was dead silent, everybody except me was extremely confused.

Old Bird: "Wicked people upon seeing the X's incredible cloning abilities would undoubtedly use it to infiltrate the federation replacing representatives with their own soldiers, we cannot allow such an empire to be created." He said while pulling over another screen. "But we have a weapon." He said as Gray Voice came into the room pushing a cart.

Gray Voice: "Sorry to keep you waiting." He said out of breathe

How convenient

Old Bird: "Ooh, You've come Gray Voice." He said slightly surprised.

Gray Voice: "Old Bird has conferred extensively with Mother Brain, and they have devised a method to exterminate parasite X from SR388, and we finally have a sample of that method. Metroid." He said gesturing to the inside of the capsule.

Inside was a thing we'd been working on since I was 14, and we finally have it. The Metroid was to be the ultimate predator, and from what I can tell it is. Old Bird goes on about the Metroid and it's energy sucking capabilities, I'd heard it all before, and so I tuned him out but then something which felt like an earthquake rocked the facility, and I heard the words I never wanted to hear.

Mother Brain: "A large unknown object is approaching the planetary shield." she spat out.

Gray voice looked to me, I summoned my armor and ran up to the surface preparing for the worst.